What do feta, cucumbers and cottage cheese have in common?
Social media and the internet are changing how people cook and relate to food
FIRST THEY came for the eggs. Then the feta cheese, caviar, cottage cheese and cucumbers. In some countries, these ingredients even sold out: Iceland experienced a shortage of cucumbers, and feta briefly vanished from grocery-store shelves. The reason for the raids? Aficionados of online cooking were eager to recreate viral videos in which each of these ingredients starred.
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This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Bytes of bites”
Culture
December 7th 2024
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